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Use of English — UNILORIN Post UTME Quiz

Are you ready to take on the UNILORIN Post UTME Screening? Challenge yourself and assess your knowledge with this Use of English UNILORIN Post UTME Quiz.

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January 25, 2023

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As a potential student at the University of Ilorin, one of the most competitive universities in Nigeria, it is important to understand the requirements and challenges of the admission process.

As you already know, the Use of English is one of the four subjects set for UNILORIN Post UTME Screening every year. These are random questions from the official UNILORIN Post UTME Past Questions and Answers.

The aim of this quiz is to test and challenge your knowledge. Additionally, this quiz will help you revise and practice for the forthcoming 2022/2023 UNILORIN Post UTME Online Screening, which qualifies you for admission into the university.

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You will be randomly asked 50 standard UNILORIN Post UTME Questions (Use of English). You are to answer every question within 30 minutes. Are you ready? Click the START button below to begin. Good Luck!!!

NOTE: You can retake this quiz as many times as necessary until you achieve a 100% score.

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50 Questions in 30 Minutes

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Use of English Quiz

Once you click the START button, you will be presented with 50 Use of English questions from UNILORIN Post UTME Online Screening. You are to attempt every question within 30 minutes. Note that questions are randomly generated each time you attempt the quiz so feel free to retake the quiz as many times as possible to get new questions.

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1. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The essay topic is nebulous.

a) distinct

b) Vague

c) Clear

d) incorrect

2 / 50

2. Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as the given word

HONOUR

a) Humane

b) hyena

c) Human

d) hotel

3 / 50

3. Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided

The Governor rejected the bill and withheld his….....

a) ascent

b) Access

c) accent

d) Assent

4 / 50

4. Battering involves..............one’s wife

a) carrying

b) caring

c) beating

d) kissing

5 / 50

5. Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined

Faeces

a) Polices

b) Peasant

c) pain

d) pear

6 / 50

6. Her younger sister likes conservative hair style but her cousin prefers………..hairstyle

a) new

b) magnanimous

c) modest

d) modern

7 / 50

7. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

The events of last Friday show that there is no love lost between the Principal and the Vice Principal.

a) They work independently.

b) They like each other

c) They cannot part company

d) They dislike each other

8 / 50

8. Ocean is to Pond as Deep is to

a) sea

b) shallow

c) lake

d) well

9 / 50

9. Choose the one that has the correct stress

Laboratory

a) la-bor-a-TORY

b) LA-bor-a-tory

c) la-BOR-a-tory

d) la-bor-A-tory

10 / 50

10. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

Though he is our elected representative, he often takes a rather jaundiced view of our problems.

a) He takes a rather forceful view of our problems

b) He takes a sickly view of our problems

c) He takes an unfavourable position concerning our problems

d) He takes a rather hazy view of our problems

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11. Choose a word opposite in meaning: LIBERTY

a) captivity

b) guilty

c) freedom

d) stadium

12 / 50

12. I have always believed that my mother is a very impassioned woman

a) Impartial

b) emotive

c) Impassive

d) emotional

13 / 50

13. It is right to say, switch................or put...................the light subject to the type
of light.

a) of/off

b) off/off

c) off/out

d) out/off

14 / 50

14. Femi is very Presumptuous whereas his friend is ………..

a) proud

b) kind

c) pompous

d) modest

15 / 50

15. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The statement was ambiguous that it had two meanings.

a) Vague

b) Clear

c) Sensible

d) Simple

16 / 50

16. Someone who persists in doing the wrong thing even after he has been punished is said to be………….?

a) Stubborn

b) Disobedient

c) Heady

d) Recalcitrant

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17. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italic

Though David's condition is serious, his life is not in immediate danger.

a) Dangerous

b) nasty

c) Grave

d) hypertensive

18 / 50

18. From the alternatives provided in the questions below, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence.

Mrs. Okoro….. in this school since 1975

a) Taught

b) is teaching

c) was teaching

d) teaches

19 / 50

19. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The speaker took his audience down memory lane before he went to the topic of his lecture.

a) gave an outline of his lecture

b) Told a tale about a place called Memory Lane

c) Took his audience on a journey through a street called Memory Lane

d) recalled events from the past

20 / 50

20. “I challenge the public to put teeth into the law” means..................

a) to activate the law

b) to council the law

c) to reject the law

d) to review the law

21 / 50

21. NEAREST IN MEANING

Can you give a good explanation for your behaviour?

a) give up

b) Clear up

c) call for

d) Account for

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22. Choose a word opposite in meaning: DISSENT

a) indissent

b) assent

c) dissent

d) undissent

23 / 50

23. President Jonathan’s speech..............at 9pm yesterday

a) was broadcasted

b) was broadcast

c) had been broadcast

d) had being broadcast

24 / 50

24. Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Pot

a) what

b) Correct

c) Port

d) word

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25. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The presence of security men in the area will provide a moment of respite for the residents.

a) temporary relief

b) Enduring reprieve

c) lasting security

d) soothing relaxation.

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26. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

In spite of her grim situation, the young widow smiled dutifully at the visitor's pleasantries

a) sad stories

b) condolence messages

c) Unkind comments

d) jocular remarks

27 / 50

27. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

Rich citizens are often niggardly in their ways

a) sordid

b) Miserly

c) pompous

d) Beggarly

28 / 50

28. “He must carry his cross” mean........?

a) He suffers by destiny

b) He is a disciple

c) She is a Christian

d) He is a minister of God

29 / 50

29. Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided

The new school is not provided with... for science practical.

a) equipment

b) enough equipment

c) enough equipments

d) An equipment

30 / 50

30. Nearest in meaning

My father was at the apogee of his career when he was retired

a) least productive stage

b) highest point

c) redundant stage

d) Terminal point

31 / 50

31. Which of the following is wrong?

a) Car accident

b) Ship wreck

c) Plane crash

d) Boat sink

32 / 50

32. A group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word in order to change its meaning e.g. ‘’un’’, ‘’anti’’, is ………………?

a) Prefix

b) Antonym

c) Pronouns

d) Suffix

33 / 50

33. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: MISERABLE

a) wicked

b) mischief

c) wretched

d) mistake

34 / 50

34. Choose the word that does not have the same vowel sound as the others.

a) short

b) Son

c) Sun

d) shun

35 / 50

35. She was the first woman to stand ..........election to parliament.

a) through

b) by

c) for

d) to

36 / 50

36. Choose a word opposite in meaning: SPENDTHRIFT

a) loan

b) happy

c) foolish

d) miser

37 / 50

37. The teacher took me for one of those students who could spell such words as

a) ‘Miscelaneous and meintainance’

b) ‘Miscellanous and maintainance’

c) ‘Miscellaneous and maintenance’

d) ‘Miscelanous and maintainance’

38 / 50

38. From the alternatives provided in the questions below, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence.

I meant... a pencil but there was no one... them

a) buying/to sell

b) to buy/selling

c) buying/selling

d) to buy/to sell

39 / 50

39. Sentence is to Paragraph as Word is to

a) letter

b) sentence

c) phase

d) paragraph

40 / 50

40. They waited in a state of feverish anxiety...... their mother to come home.

a) to

b) till

c) until

d) for

41 / 50

41. He got the job and suddenly became swollen headed means …..…?

a) The job made him become proud

b) The job made him a big man

c) The job is full of hazards

d) The job made him wealthy

42 / 50

42. There is a big hole in my pocket means .............................................?

a) My money comes and goes away fast

b) My pocket is not in good shape

c) My pocket is torn

d) My pocket is leaking

43 / 50

43. NEAREST IN MEANING

Once I have finished all my homework, I am permitted to watch television.

a) I can only watch television after doing my homework.

b) Television comes first then homework second

c) I can watch television at any time.

d) I can only finish my homework after permission to watch television

44 / 50

44. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

The politician's inflammatory remarks were heavily criticized.

a) The politician's tribalistic remarks were heavily criticized

b) The politician's provocative remarks were heavily criticized

c) The politician's rude remarks were heavily criticized

d) The politician's tribalistic remarks were heavily criticized

45 / 50

45. Choose a word opposite in meaning: PROFANE

a) stiff

b) sacred

c) beautiful

d) profuse

46 / 50

46. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

If he were here it could be more fun.

a) He did not show up and so the occasion lacked much fun

b) He was being expected to supply more fun

c) He was expected but did not show up to liven up the occasion.

d) There was no fun because he was not present

47 / 50

47. NEAREST IN MEANING

Thousands of students are candidates for the examination but only very few pass.

a) Come into

b) Enter for

c) go into

d) turn up for

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48. Choose the word that does not have the same vowel sound as the others.

a) lace

b) Deep

c) lease

d) Meet

49 / 50

49. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: ASTONISH

a) surprise

b) attack

c) sensible

d) asunder

50 / 50

50. Identify the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.

a) Discourse

b) integral

c) intimate

d) Accelerate

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